Day: March 12, 2018

The Project SPiDA (Smart Print: Inspiring the Digital Artisan) aims at piloting a digital smart print database with the vision of transforming the consumer into a digital artisan, leading to the deconstruction of the mass-market fashion machine. The project first proposes to create a large digital database of antique motifs from an extensive historical archive of over 50,000 wallpapers and textiles dating from the early 18th century. The creation of this large digital mix-and-match motif, pattern database will not only preserve and immortalise the beautiful timeless motifs but will provide a pioneering resource for the second stage of the project which is the creation of unique mix-and-match design, the exploration of new possibilities and the refining of digital design processes. The third stage of the project involves the collaboration with our…